BioShock (2007) - Quotes |
- Andrew Ryan: "It wasn't impossible to build rapture at the bottom of the sea, it was impossible to build it anywhere else."
- Andrew Ryan: "A man chooses, a slave obeys."
- Andrew Ryan: "What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks, 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says, 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says, 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God...'"
- Andrew Ryan: "I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city, as well."
- "No Gods. No Kings. Only Men."
- Andrew Ryan: "I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful in each of us, a combination of our efforts, a great chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interests that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you differently either has his hand in your pocket or a pistol to your neck."
- Dr. Steinman: "When Picasso became bored of painting people, he started representing them as cubes and other abstract forms. The world called him a genius! I've spent my entire surgical career creating the same tired shapes, over and over again: the upturned nose, the cleft chin, the ample bosom. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could do with a knife what that old Spaniard did with a brush?"
- Little Sister: "Don't be a slowpoke, Mr Bubbles. Angels don't wait for slowpokes."
- Little Sister: "Kill it Mr. Bubbles! Kill it!"
- Doctor: "I won't hurt you, I just want to see what's inside."
- Doctor: "I swore an oath to do no harm, and I...mostly meant it."
- Little Sister: "Hurry, Mr. Bubbles! I can see angels dancing in the sky."
- Andrew Ryan: "Are you a man, or a slave?"
- Andrew Ryan: "Could I have made mistakes? One does not build cities if one is guided by doubt. But can one govern in absolute certainty? I know that my beliefs have elevated me, just as I know that the things I have rejected would have destroyed me. But the city... it is collapsing before my... have I become so convinced by my own beliefs that I have stopped seeing the truth? Perhaps. But Atlas is out there, and he aims to destroy me, and destroy my city. To question is to surrender. I will not question."
- Andrew Ryan: "It is this great inversion, this ancient lie which has chained humanity to an endless cycle of guilt and failure. My journey to Rapture was my second exodus. In 1919 I fled a county that had been traded in despotism for insanity. The Marxist Revolution simply traded one lie for another. Instead of one man, the Czar, owning the work of all the people, all the people owned the work of all of the people. And so I came to America; where a man could own his own work. Where a man could benefit from the brilliance of his own mind, the strength of his own muscles, the might of his own will."
- Little Sister: "Scabby on my knee! Scabby on my knee!"
- Little Sister: "Three too many! Three too many!! Three too many!!!"
- Atlas: "You think that's a child down there? Don't be fooled. She's a Little Sister now. Somebody went and turned a sweet baby girl into a monster. Whatever you thought about right and wrong on the surface, well that don't count for much down in Rapture. Those Little Sisters, they carry ADAM- the genetic material that keeps the wheels of Rapture turning. Everybody wants it. Everybody needs it."
- Doctor: "How can I help you if you won't come to me?"
- Atlas: "Plasmids changed everything. They destroyed our bodies, our minds. We couldn't handle it. Best friends butchering one another, babies strangled in cribs. The whole city went to hell."
- "Altruism is the root of all Wickedness"
- Splicer: "Even miles underwater...he still sees everything!"
- Splicer: "This little fish looks like he just had his cherry popped. I wonder if he's still got some ADAM on him."
- Splicer: "I will show you what it's like to look different!"
- "My youth! My rose! I want it back!"
- Doctor: "The men all complain about their virility. Well I can make them soft, and sometimes I do."
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Games: 140
Quotes: 808
Games: 140
Quotes: 808